Jamie Gangel is a 16 year veteran correspondent for NBC News, and has spent the last 8 years as the National Correspondent for NBC News' "Today," covering a variety of issues, from popular culture to hard news. As the National Correspondent for "Today," Gangel has become well known for her long-format features and interviews, profiling everyone from US Presidents to celebrities to ordinary people with extraordinary stories.

In the arts, Gangel has interviewed Mikail Baryshnikov, cellist Yo Yo Ma, rock legend Eric Clapton, and opera star Cecilia Bartoli. She has also profiled many photographers, including Alfred Eisenstadt, Annie Liebovitz, Herb Ritts and Lois Greenfield. Gangel has interviewed film stars ranging from Sean Connery to Jane Fonda to John Travolta.

Her features have included traveling to the Arctic Circle to observe polar bears and swimming with sharks in the Carribean. In 1996, Gangel profiled the major stars of the Olympics and in 1993, Gangel became the first correspondent ever allowed to bring cameras into the CIA for a behind-the-scenes tour of headquarters.

Gangel has also covered stories around the world for NBC. In 1987, she covered the Iran/Iraq war as part of a Pentagon pool in the Persian Gulf. During the mid-eighties, she spent a great deal of her time covering stories in Africa and Central America, particularly Nicaragua.

Jamie Gangel was born and raised in New York City. Currently, she lives with her husband, bestselling novelist Daniel Silva, and their two children.